August 2019 Newsletter

August 2019 NEWSLETTER

Student participating in service
Business class completes 3,700+ hours of service

Students in Dr. Timothy Palmer's business ethics and sustainability class are learning the social responsibility that comes with being a business leader.
Read about the class.

Pictured is the Sunseeker and the RSO group.
Business students take the wheel

Sunseeker, the registered student organization behind Western Michigan University's solar-powered racecar, has enlisted a team of business students to manage fundraising, marketing and budgeting for future races and car development.
Read about the organization.

esports gamers
Collaboration with esports arena enhances student experience

Digital marketing and sports marketing students offered their expertise to WMU's Esports Arena.
Read about the collaboration.

Pictured is the SHRM 18-19 Superior Status logo.
Student group recognized by leading human resource association

WMU's chapter of the Society for Excellence in Human Resources has been recognized by the Society for Human Resource Management for providing superior growth and development opportunities to its members.
Read about the award.

Beta Alpha Psi
Student group earns recognition for superior efforts

WMU's Gamma Rho chapter of Beta Alpha Psi has once again earned Superior Status chapter recognition by the national honor organization for financial information students and professionals.
Read about the recognition.

Tim Johnson at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro
Climbing for clean water

When Tim Johnson, B.B.A.'18, became acquainted with Lifewater International—an organization committed to ending the global water and sanitation crisis—he decided it was time to take his problem-solving skills to new heights. Johnson pledged to climb 19,341 feet to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro and raise more than $6,000 for Lifewater, which would provide clean, safe and long-lasting water technology to a remote village in need.

Read about the climb.


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Editor: Molly Goaley
molly.goaley@wmich.edu
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